At present, the world-economy is exceedingly fragile. Debt levels of nations peak. Monetary assets increase, too, and concentrate in the hands of few. In this paper, I show that a mechanism at the root of today’s monetary system entails an inherently fragile economy. I simulate the...

Against the backdrop of an unstable international monetary system centred around the US dollar and very dim prospects of reforming this system, this article analyses the rationale for the unilateral introduction of gold-backed currencies and the challenges and problems associated with such a...

Money is the game changer -- China's extraordinary, but still unfinished transformation -- A financially repressed economy -- China: a trading nation without an international currency -- Living with a 'dwarf' currency -- Creating an international currency -- Building a market for the renminbi --...

Introduction -- Capitalism and our moment in the history of money / Keith Hart -- Thinking about money -- Money is good to think : from "wants of the mind" to conversation, stories and accounts / Jane Guyer -- The shadow of Aristotle : a history of ideas about the origins of money / Joseph Noko...